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<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79838"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Metrowerks to Ship Standalone Java Tools for Macintosh and Windows
Academic Version to Ship as a Feature of Apple Developer Connection Student
Program
Seattle, WA-December 9, 1998-Metrowerks, Inc., (NASDAQ:MTWKF,SE/ME:MWK) a
leading provider of software development tools for desktop and embedded
systems, today announced at CAUSE 98 that CodeWarrior Professional for Java
and CodeWarrior Academic for Java will ship in January 1999. These products
will be Java-only versions of the award-winning CodeWarrior integrated
development tools that support development for C, C++, Java and Pascal. The
academic version of the Macintosh-hosted Java tools will be included on the
Apple Developer Connection (ADC) Student Program CD as part of an agreement
with Apple Computer, Inc. The Spring 1999 release of these tools will
include easy-to-use rapid application development (RAD) tools for building
graphical user interfaces (GUIs).
CodeWarrior Professional for Java and CodeWarrior Academic for Java...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79837"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">SUN DELIVERS NEXT VERSION OF THE JAVA(TM) PLATFORM
Java 2 Brand Unveiled
NEW YORK, NY -- December 8, 1998 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced
the availability of the Java(TM) 2 platform, the next release of the core
Java technology (formerly code-named "JDK(TM) 1.2"). The Java 2 platform is
the definitive environment for enterprises aiming to build and install
web-centric software applications that can run on a variety of computers,
servers and other computing devices. The new release provides significant
performance improvements, a new, flexible security model and a complete set
of Applications Programming Interfaces (APIs). The Java 2 platform provides
software programmers with the speed, security and functionality that make
it easier than ever to create interoperable, mission-critical enterprise
applications. The Java 2 platform is widely supported by the industry and
is being endorsed by hundreds of industry-leading companies worldwide (see
quote addendum). "Java 2 is the...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79830"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">December 7, 1998 -- South Lake Tahoe, CA -- Today Cache Computing announced
that it is now shipping DCon 1.0. DCon is a system extension that adds a
console window and file logging services to the Mac OS. It can be used to
record and display status and debugging information during the development
process.
DCon can be called from virtually any code, any where at any time. DCon
does not allocate memory or otherwise rely on the Mac OS ToolBox. It can be
called from interrupt handlers, I/O completion routines, VBL tasks,
deferred tasks, etc., just to name a few of the places where DCon really
shines. DCon is also ideal for developers who miss "debugging via printf",
a technique which is very common on other CLI driven operating systems, but
is not readily available on the Mac OS.
More information, a downloadable demo version, and online ordering is
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79827"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">NETBEANS ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR THE JAVA(TM) DEVELOPMENT KIT 1.2
NetBeans DeveloperX2 2.1 runs on JDK 1.2 and is now Available to NetBeans'
Early Access Program Participants
New York, Java Business Expo, December 8, 1998 - NetBeans today announced
that its Java(tm) IDE, NetBeans DeveloperX2, supports and runs on Sun
Microsystems, Inc.'s Java(tm) Development Kit (JDK(tm) version 1.2). This
latest release of the JDK provides a rich feature set of new class
libraries and tools, making it easier than ever for developers to create
portable, distributed, enterprise-class applications. Sun's announcement of
the availability of the next version of the JDK was made today during the
Java(sm) Business Expo(sm) in New York. NetBeans Developer X2 2.1 (beta)
supports JDK 1.2 and uses it internally. It is available to NetBeans' Early
Access Program participants.
"Our users rely on NetBeans to be at the forefront of Java technology so
that they, in turn, can bring this technology to their...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79826"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Warp 10 Technologies Inc. Announces the Release of the
Java-Based Digital Toolkit V1.0 for Digital Asset Management
Offers Java Development Tools for Media Asset Management Applications to
Web Developers, Brand Managers, System Integrators, and Value-Added
Resellers
Toronto - December 7, 1998 - (Java Business Expo - Booth #1166) -- The
Digital Toolkit v1.0 developed by Warp 10 Technologies (NASDAQ: WARPF; CDN:
WARP) is now available for system integrators, web developers, brand
managers, and resellers who manage media assets. The Digital Toolkit (TDT)
offers system developers a Java-based, web-enabled, three-tiered software
system, that can be completely designed and customized to manage digital
assets, incorporate the functionality of a digital multimedia repository
into host applications, or to develop Web-based solutions.
"As the web continues to grow as the central medium for communication and
collaboration and as the consumer demand for compelling media-driven
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79812"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Grantham, NH - December 2, 1998 - Bowers Development announced that it is
now shipping AppMaker CD #11. It is in the mail to all current subscribers,
domestic and international.
"Thanks to user feedback, we think this is an exciting release," said Spec
Bowers, President of Bowers Development. "Working with real-world
applications we found ways to make it easier for you to add your functional
code and ways for AppMaker to do more of the programming job for you."
About AppMaker -
AppMaker is a programming tool that makes it faster and easier to make a
Macintosh application - not just the user interface, but also the
functional code. With AppMaker you create the menus, windows, dialogs and
their contents by clicking and dragging to arrange what you want on-screen.
You also point and click to declare data structures and to connect UI items
to data items. AppMaker creates resources to describe your design, and
generates "human, professional quality code" in your choice of either
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79807"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Go to the Opera, and Experience the Perfect... Browser?
Opera Software Announces the Release of Opera 3.50, the Improved Browser
December 1, 1998 (INB) -- Opera is a name associated with music and culture
but also reflecting perfection and quality. With the release of Opera 3.50
-- Opera Software A/S (http://www.operasoftware.com) comes closer than ever
to meeting these standards. It's size, speed, stability and adherence to
the standards of the industry combine to make Opera 3.50 the new browser of
choice. It is a simple yet distinctive brand name in a world of
'commoditized' names associated with Internet navigation or exploration.
Opera Software was recently recognized with PC World's 'World Class' Award
in the category 'Most Promising Web Newcomer'(see details at
http://www.operasoftware.com/news.html). Opera 3.50 is an advanced
Internet/Intranet/Extranet Browser; it is small, fast, user-friendly and
has low minimum resource requirements. "Opera 3.50 is an important
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79801"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple Ships WebObjects 4 for Windows NT and UNIX Platforms
Best Selling Application Server Includes Advanced Java Support and Fast
'Direct to Web' Code Free Development
CUPERTINO, California--Nov. 30, 1998--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced
the availability of WebObjects 4 application server software for Windows NT
and UNIX platforms. While adding extensive Java support, this major upgrade
to WebObjects cuts application deployment time by offering 'Direct to Web'
pre-built reusable software modules and dramatically improved performance.
In addition, WebObject 4's pricing structure--based on the number of
transactions or processors used in the application--allows developers to
get up and running with WebObjects for as little as $1,499.
"WebObjects, with thousands of blue-chip customers, is the platform of
choice for developing robust and scaleable web applications," said Philip
Schiller, Apple's vice president of worldwide product marketing.
"WebObjects pioneered the application...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79800"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">MacHack '99: Call for Speakers, An Open Letter to Software Developers
MacHack: The Annual Conference for Leading Edge Developers
c/o Expotech
1264 Bedford Road
Grosse Point Park, MI 48230
Contact: Carol Lynn
mailto:info@machack.com
Tel: (313) 882-1824
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dear Software Developer:
The differences between this year and last are as stark as night and day.
There is a hot-selling Macintosh! It isn't beige, but Bondi Blue and
translucent white. With Mac OS 8.5 rockin' and with Mac OS X boldly
appearing on the minds of Mac developers, 1999 is going to be a banner year.
One thing's the same: MacHack is still MacHack, the premier Macintosh
developer conference held in Dearborn, Michigan, starting with the keynote
speech at 12:01 AM on Thursday, 23 June 1999. (Helpful hint: show up
Wednesday evening.)
Do you develop wicked Macintosh technologies in secret? Do you know
something that you think absolutely must be better understood by other
developers in the genre? Is your garage...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79796"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Please note that AutoScript.fm 1.0.2 is now available for download from the
AutoScript.fm web site. (I know. 1.0.1 was only released a few days ago --
if that -- but reliability and stability are important to my customers and
myself)
1.0.2 fixes a bug that stopped people like yourself from registering their
copy of AutoScript.fm. A couple of minute improvements have also been made
to the About code.
An updater exists for people who have already downloaded AutoScript.fm 1.0
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79786"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Sig Software is proud to announce the release of Macintosh Application
Development Essentials version 1.2.
MADE is a tiny package of C/C++ code which provides all the lowest-level
needs for a Macintosh application. It is designed for people who are
learning, or know how to program Macs, but don't have the time, energy or
desire to write basic menu, event, memory and error handling routines.
Version 1.2.0 adds support for suspend and resume events and the Open
Application AppleEvent, and extends user documentation. Users purchasing a
MADE license will now receive extra code for dealing with memory and file
buffers, dialog boxes, strings and opening URLs.
The MADE web page is at : (http://www.sigsoftware.com/made/)
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79784"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">NETSCAPE AND AMERICA ONLINE IN MERGER DISCUSSIONS
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79782"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Snowbound Software Announces Fast TIFF and Document Imaging Applet for
Netscape and Internet Explorer
Java Imaging Applet Released
NEWTON, Mass., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Snowbound Software has announced the
release of a powerful, new Java imaging applet created from their
RasterMaster for Java toolkits. This is Snowbound's latest Java imaging
solution for cross platform image viewing and manipulation. Some of the
potential for this applet's can be seen at
http://www.snowbnd.com/Java/Applet.htm.
With Snowbound's RasterMaster for Java component library, any Java
developer can create a Java applet that download and views, from the
Internet or Intranet, imaging formats such as TIFF, BMP, JPEG, MO:DCA,
CALS, and GIF through Netscape(R) and Internet Explorer(R). Additionally,
with the DICOM and JEDMICS support option, two significant imaging market
segments - medical imaging and military engineering imaging - are now
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79781"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">MICROSOFT ECLIPSES NETSCAPE IN INTERNET BROWSER WAR ACCORDING TO
EXCLUSIVE WEB INTELLIGENCE FROM ADKNOWLEDGE
Leading Web Advertising Management Company Tracks Dramatic Browser Market
Share Shift to Microsoft
Palo Alto, Calif. -- November 23, 1998 -- AdKnowledge, the only independent
provider of end-to-end web advertising management products for agencies and
marketers, today revealed exclusive statistics that indicate as of
November, market share of the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser has
surpassed that of Netscape Navigator. AdKnowledge's browser data was
derived from a daily sample taken in November of nearly 15 million ads
served by the AdKnowledge System across more than 1,000 of the leading web
sites, and provides the most current and unbiased picture of browser
activity today.
The statistics show that Explorer users in November accounted for 49.5
percent of the browser market, while Navigator users accounted for 45
percent. The data also reveals that Navigator's share has...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79763"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Sig Software is proud to announce Analog Helper 1.0 for Mac.
Analog Helper is a graphical configuration tool for Analog 3, which is a
free program to analyse the logfiles from your web server. Analog Helper
lets you control and preview the results of hundreds of settings.
Analog Helper can import your old .cfg files and allows multiple analysis
configurations to be maintained. It can also automatically create multiple
reports based on specified time periods.
More details, screenshots, and the download are at :
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79760"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">StarNine Technology, Inc. is pleased to announce the release a of WebSTAR
3.0.2, a free upgrade for WebSTAR 3 users. This update offers a number of
fixes and enhancements to the current feature set including improved FTP
and MacBinary compatibility, work-arounds for Open Transport memory leaks
on PowerPC machines, data cache fixes to prevent files from being held
"open" and various SSI improvements, among others. In addition, WebSTAR
3.0.2 adds support for FTP uploading of MacBinary III files and implements
the new multi-vendor standard Virtual Domain Manager API (VDMAPI) that
allows Plug-Ins to configure and set various virtual host related
information.
We encourage all WebSTAR 3.0.x customers to upgrade to WebSTAR 3.0.2 using
one of the following archives:
WebSTAR 3.0.2 Updater (updates all previous versions of WebSTAR 3,
including WebSTAR/SSL, to version 3.0.2) - 12.6 MB
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79756"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Incwell Expands Distribution of SuperCard Products in Italy, Announce
Server Edition
Chandler, Arizona - November 16, 1998. Chandler, Arizona-based Incwell DMG
Ltd, a provider of high end multimedia and web authoring development tools,
announced availability of its products in Italy through Gorizia, Italy
based Active Software.
"We at Incwell are excited about our new relationship with Active Software.
They are positioned well in the Italian marketplace and well understand the
Macintosh revival started by the iMac," said Keith B. Shaw, CEO of Incwell
DMG, Ltd.
At the direction of Proactive International, LLC, an international channel
agency, Incwell DMG, Ltd entered the exclusive distribution agreement with
Active Software. Active Software will assume all sales, marketing and
support of Incwell products in Italy. Livio Valdemarin, a well-known
high-technology Italian entrepreneur, founded Active Software.
SuperCard 3.5.1, released recently, supports Macintosh 8.5 system
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79754"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">For more information contact: For Immediate Release
Macromedia Macromedia
Andrea Coffey Kirsten Armstrong
andrea@macromedia.com kirsten@macromedia.com
(415) 252-2260 (415) 252-4088
MACROMEDIA UNVEILS DIRECTOR 7 SHOCKWAVE INTERNET STUDIO AND NEW SHOCKWAVE 7
Major Upgrade to the Premier Tool for Creating and Delivering Powerful
Multimedia Enables Richer, More Compelling Web Experiences
San Francisco, Calif. November 16, 1998 - Macromedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: MACR)
today announced Director 7 Shockwave Internet Studio, a major upgrade to
the companys flagship authoring software. The established standard for
creating and delivering powerful multimedia, Macromedia Director is
re-architected for the Internet, enabling developers to build the most
engaging, entertaining Websites possible. The company also debuted
Shockwave 7, a major new release of the popular Web interactive multimedia
player. Optimized for speed and ease of use, Shockwave 7 provides the
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79753"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The 7th part in the HTMLEdit series is now available on Stepwise.
In this article, we show how to support drag and drop of color swatches to
add color tags to your HTML.
http://www.stepwise.com/
HTMLEdit is an Yellow Box HTML editor application that is being constructed
and extended over a period of articles. When completed, it will support
multiple documents, drag and drop, previewing, undo and redo, find, user
preferences, templates and more.
The source that accompanies each article is available from our FTP server.
Article 1: Working with NSDocument - A Practical Primer Building the basic
application.
Article 2: Adding Drag and Drop and Previewing to HTMLEdit Adding the
ability to accept links that are dragged and dropped from other
applications (most notably OmniWeb) and the option of previewing your HTML
in OmniWeb.
Article 3: Using the new unified NSTextView Pasteboard API for
drag-and-drop Backtracking slightly, and explaining some of the
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